AC System Whale Sounds

aflynn · 17th May 2024, 17:15

An update on the issue, and a warning for anyone reading this thread in future in regards to re-gassing your AC system with cans. DO NOT DO IT. take your car to an approved technician. Sometimes you learn the hard way and it was very silly of me to use this method. It turns out that the AC system was over filled. The low gauges on the system do not give adequate readings and quite frankly this method of filling should not be carried out under any circumstances. After allowing the gas to settle and the pressure to equalise I plugged in the dial to find the pressure shot off the chart in the red, this was highly dangerous and it obviously the cause of the issue. I was very lucky in this circumstance that no seals were blown, and to be honest I don't know how the system held up. As for the leak I mentioned, this has been there for some years and I have been aware of it, it's the TX valve pipes where the condenser is which will require replacement at some point.

17th May 2024, 17:15	#4
aflynn Regular poster MG ZT Join Date: May 2021 Location: Manchester Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	An update on the issue, and a warning for anyone reading this thread in future in regards to re-gassing your AC system with cans. DO NOT DO IT. take your car to an approved technician. Sometimes you learn the hard way and it was very silly of me to use this method. It turns out that the AC system was over filled. The low gauges on the system do not give adequate readings and quite frankly this method of filling should not be carried out under any circumstances. After allowing the gas to settle and the pressure to equalise I plugged in the dial to find the pressure shot off the chart in the red, this was highly dangerous and it obviously the cause of the issue. I was very lucky in this circumstance that no seals were blown, and to be honest I don't know how the system held up. As for the leak I mentioned, this has been there for some years and I have been aware of it, it's the TX valve pipes where the condenser is which will require replacement at some point.